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CommentNick Raynsford: It鈥檚 an inept beginning
So much for turning Britain into 鈥檃 nation of homebuilders鈥�. Rather, the coalition seems hell bent on stopping the housing recovery in its tracks
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Q+A from 星空传媒 Answers
星空传媒鈥檚 Forum regulars offer their advice on problems from access in a shop to objecting to an extension
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Comment50 Years of London Architecture Exhibition
A short-lived London Festival of Architecture Exhibition provides a must-see account of Modern architecture in London.
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CommentDegrees of awfulness
George Osborne鈥檚 Budget isn鈥檛 as bad as we feared 鈥� but it鈥檚 still going to hurt
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CommentTaxing times for construction
While increased VAT is a blow, other tax measures will benefit the industry
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CommentConstruction will not come out unscathed from Osborne's Budget, but it could've been worse
Construction hasn鈥檛 done as badly as some had feared as additional capital spending cuts are put in hold
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New KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
Why do the latest construction safety Key Performance Indicators show construction has become more dangerous as the recession has bitten?
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Comment28 degrees but Budget leaves construction feeling cold
The Chancellor said there would be 鈥榥o further falls in capital expenditure鈥�, the key area for construction. That sounds good but the falls are very harsh
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CommentAldgate vs Unibar: Damage caused by fire
This case concerns the extent to which different types of loss are recoverable
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CommentEmergency Budget: impact on built assets
The new Budget鈥檚 efficiency measures and tax rises aim to address the deficit, but what does it mean for built assets?
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CommentExisting contracts are next coalition target
Government says it will renegotiate key contracts by 2011
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CommentNew look output data show sharp pain in repair and maintenance sector
New figures for output show that the construction industry taking a beating in the first quarter
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CommentTy Goddard: Improving our education infrastructure
Money may be tighter than a camel in a sandstorm, but we still have to improve our education infrastructure somehow. Ty Goddard gives a few pointers as to what we might do
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What twerps we are ...
Having only now found time to read the 21 May issue of 星空传媒, and sat here in my Antwerp office, I feel compelled to point out that the man 鈥渓iving the high life鈥� up an aerial mast in Antwerp is in Belgium and not Holland as your caption states!
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Storing up trouble
We need to reduce carbon emissions now, not in 10, 20 or 50 years鈥� time if we are to have an impact on global warming
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So where then?
It seems to me that only Brian Berry can see further than the end of his nose (Government plans to stop developers building homes on gardens, 9 June, 星空传媒.co.uk)
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CommentWell-defended settlements
Showing that settlement costs are unreasonable is a difficult task, as the installer of a defective sprinkler found when Siemens chased it for payment
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A fraud-free Games
In response to your recent piece, 鈥淭he Salami Olympics鈥� (28 May, page 54), the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has, since the very start of the project, been aware of the potential exposure to fraud of large construction projects
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CommentFalse economies
Experian is predicting a slight upturn for 2011 and 2012, but that鈥檚 predicated on continued recovery in the private sector and no more than 拢5bn cuts in public spending. That鈥檚 optimistic